There are plenty of examples as to why friends shouldn’t let friends reuse passwords, but some users of Apple’s Find my iPhone have become the latest omen of why this practice is so dangerous.

On Tuesday, May 27, The Verge reported that Apple’s Find my iPhone feature was being used to lock devices for ransom. Some people found their Mac or iPhone locked—a legitimate feature of Find my iPhone—with a message of “Device hacked by Oleg Pliss” and a demand of $50 to unlock it.

At first it wasn’t clear how the malicious hacker(s) were able to compromise these devices, but today Apple stated that it wasn’t through an iCloud flaw. The most likely culprit, then, would be password reuse. Thanks to all the recent major breaches at some of the internet’s largest companies, including eBay, Adobe, and Yahoo, the hackers probably had plenty of material to rummage through.

Let this be yet another unfortunate and pricey lesson about reusing passwords. Don’t do it. Don’t let your friends and family do it. Send them these stories and get 1Password to effortlessly create strong, unique passwords for all your accounts.